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Amos 3:8
“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֲרִיʼărîy · ar-ee'
H738 · Hebrew
H738 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a lion
- Derivation
- or (prolonged) []; from H717 (אָרָה) (in the sense of violence);
- KJV renderings
- (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
- Grammar
- אַרְיֵ֥ה — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 81 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:9Genesis 49:9Numbers 23:24Numbers 24:9Deuteronomy 33:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֲרִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.